tro

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On the ground in Accra, we catch a cab to the tro-tro station for Cape Coast, our final destination.

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  • Listen. Drive to the bar called the Métro, on the corner of Boulevard de Grenelle and Avenue de La-Motte-Picquet. —  Maigret and the Pickpocket - Georges Simenon - 94th episode
  • She could even have taken a taxi or the métro, and gone almost anywhere in Paris. —  Maigret’s Christmas - Short Story by Georges Simenon- 62
  • Just as he was reaching out for the shoulder of a thief in the line of people coming out of the métro, the fellow started shouting: “Help!” And it was Maigret the crowd had held until the police arrived. —  Maigret's Revolver - Georges Simenon - 68
  • What if the accounts department did query it on the grounds that the métro was the fastest means of getting from one place to another! —  Maigret and the Spinster - Georges Simenon - 43
  • Fydd o'n fy ngwylltio yn gwneud hyn dro ar ôl tro, a Mam hefyd. —  Blogiadur.com
 

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